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Overfishing threatens European bluefin tuna

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 07, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Bluefin tuna disappeared from Danish waters in the 1960s. Now the species could become depleted throughout the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean, according to analyses by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Aqua) ...





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Greek pilots see red from laser pen pranks

Technology / Other

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Greece's civil aviation pilots on Wednesday called for a crackdown on laser pen pranksters who have endangered a growing number of plane landings around the country.


EU OKs tougher penalties for illegal fishing

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The European Union agreed Tuesday on tougher penalties to counter illegal fishing, considered a major cause of the depletion of fish stocks in European waters, particularly of prized cod and bluefin tuna.


Greeks to register prepaid cell phones

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Greece's prepaid mobile phone users will now have to register their identities in a bid to tackle illegal immigration and other crime, the communications minister said Tuesday.


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File sharing drops in Sweden after govt crackdown

Technology / Internet

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (7) | comments 7

More than 40 percent of Swedes engage in illegal file sharing, but recording industry officials have noted a sharp drop since a government crackdown earlier this year, they said Monday.


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Amazon sends Orwell to 'memory hole'

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 27

Amazon fended off Saturday accusations of Big Brother-like behavior after it quietly erased two George Orwell books from customers' electronic book readers this week.


Online pirates police themselves

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 18

(PhysOrg.com) -- People who illegally download music, films and TV episodes do not believe they are doing anything wrong, said a Queensland University of Technology researcher.


Label for first homoeopathic product may be illegal, warns senior scientist

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 3

The labelling for the first homoeopathic product to get a licence from the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) should be illegal, because they breach Unfair Trading regulations, argues a senior scientist ...


Sprint to pay $17.5 million to settle fee suit

Technology / Business

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. has agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a lawsuit claiming the fees it has charged customers who end their wireless contracts early are illegal.


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Anti-piracy pup sniffs out 35,000 illegal DVDs

Technology / Software

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A DVD-sniffing anti-piracy dog named Paddy has uncovered a huge cache of 35,000 discs in Malaysian warehouses, many destined for export to Singapore, industry officials said on Wednesday.


When good companies do bad things

When good companies do bad things: Examining illegal corporate behavior

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

The more prominent and financially successful a corporation becomes, the more likely it is to break the law, according to a new study led by a Michigan State University scholar that challenges previous research.



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